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croppers

noun

plural of cropper

as in defeats

a falling short of one's goals more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships

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Recent Examples of croppers More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Over the past two months, Republican lawmakers have suffered major defeats on some of their most high-profile policy initiatives.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Then came three more defeats, capped by a 12-1 embarrassment on Saturday against the AL East champion Rays.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of defeats

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The disclosure could deepen scrutiny of the security failures surrounding the flight after officials revealed the Omani co-pilot had previously been barred from flying in his home country over concerns about his extremist views.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
But let’s also be clear that the General Assembly shares responsibility for the failures.

— Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of failures

Noun

If drugstore brands follow prestige lines into oil-in-serum formulations, the two-step routine collapses into one.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Last year, the Giants were losing those one-score games and having their fans in a whirlwind of emotions with late-game collapses.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026

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